Can NHRA survive without John Force ?

Billy Nees · 07-06-2020, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Randall Klein

Surely those high paid corporate suits listed in the front of ND, are thinking outside the box

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doglover44 · 07-06-2020, 07:47 PM

They need to shorten the schedule do that and get there would be some new little guy teams to join

Greg Hill · 07-06-2020, 08:53 PM

The bigger question is, Does nhra have deep enough pockets to survive this pandemic?

doglover44 · 07-06-2020, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Greg Hill

The bigger question is, Does nhra have deep enough pockets to survive this pandemic?

What happens if they don't ?

MAURICE BLENDHEIM · 07-07-2020, 01:01 AM

Back in the Day we had Steve Evans, Dave McClelland, Bob Frey along with the likes of Diamond P Productions. They became the Voice of Drag Racing. They initially exposed the weekly excitement of John Force and stoked the Fire of Rivalry between other Teams and Drivers. NHRA was Alive and Well at that time. There was American Sports Cavalcade that televised National Events as well as weekly segments of Diamond P coverage. If we all check our outdated video libraries, we still should have several recordings we can watch, while waiting. Diamond P also produced many Special Recordings that could be purchased at National Events. Remember those were also the days when you could have that Personal Interaction with your favourite Driver when you bought a T-Shirt from him or his Wife.
All that got taken away because someone was Promoting our Sport correctly and making a living doing it. The Racers and their Professional Personalities are The Show. Every Driver and Team Member is an Ambassador for the Promotion of the Sport. NHRA had it good for a long time, but some "Educated,Clean Handed, Shiny Shoe Decisions" took over. For years they have turned it into the "John Force Show" which now has grown into the "John Force and Family Show". Its too late to turn back the Hand of Time. Anybody that has left the sport, left for a reason and it wasn't because of happiness. I don't think John Force is a positive means of "Life Support". MB

07-06-2020, 07:47 PM	#2
doglover44 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Carlisle OH Posts: 1,386 Likes: 4 Liked 489 Times in 227 Posts	Re: Can NHRA survive without John Force ? They need to shorten the schedule do that and get there would be some new little guy teams to join __________________ Jake Biermann

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Greg Hill VIP Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Louisville , KY Posts: 1,995 Likes: 68 Liked 279 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Can NHRA survive without John Force ? The bigger question is, Does nhra have deep enough pockets to survive this pandemic? __________________ Greg Hill 4171 STK

07-07-2020, 01:01 AM	#5
MAURICE BLENDHEIM Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Langley (no igloos), British Columbia, Canada Posts: 569 Likes: 311 Liked 284 Times in 87 Posts	Re: Can NHRA survive without John Force ? Back in the Day we had Steve Evans, Dave McClelland, Bob Frey along with the likes of Diamond P Productions. They became the Voice of Drag Racing. They initially exposed the weekly excitement of John Force and stoked the Fire of Rivalry between other Teams and Drivers. NHRA was Alive and Well at that time. There was American Sports Cavalcade that televised National Events as well as weekly segments of Diamond P coverage. If we all check our outdated video libraries, we still should have several recordings we can watch, while waiting. Diamond P also produced many Special Recordings that could be purchased at National Events. Remember those were also the days when you could have that Personal Interaction with your favourite Driver when you bought a T-Shirt from him or his Wife. All that got taken away because someone was Promoting our Sport correctly and making a living doing it. The Racers and their Professional Personalities are The Show. Every Driver and Team Member is an Ambassador for the Promotion of the Sport. NHRA had it good for a long time, but some "Educated,Clean Handed, Shiny Shoe Decisions" took over. For years they have turned it into the "John Force Show" which now has grown into the "John Force and Family Show". Its too late to turn back the Hand of Time. Anybody that has left the sport, left for a reason and it wasn't because of happiness. I don't think John Force is a positive means of "Life Support". MB

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